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ArticleAerobiologia2016

Regional and seasonal variation in airborne grass pollen levels between cities of Australia and New Zealand.

Danielle E Medek, Paul J Beggs, Bircan Erbas, Alison K Jaggard, Bradley C Campbell, Don Vicendese, Fay H Johnston, Ian Godwin, Alfredo R Huete, Brett J Green and 7 more

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Article in Aerobiologia, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 10 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

10 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors.

Danielle E MedekThe Canberra Hospital, PO Box 11, Woden, ACT 2606, Australia.
Paul J BeggsDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Bircan ErbasSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Alison K JaggardDepartment of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia.
Bradley C CampbellSchool of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Don VicendeseSchool of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia.
Fay H JohnstonMenzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
Ian GodwinSchool of Agriculture and Food Science, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.
Alfredo R HuetePlant Functional Biology and Climate Change, University of Technology, Sydney, Sydney, Australia.
Brett J GreenNational Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Morgantown, WV, USA.
Pamela K BurtonCampbelltown Hospital and the School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, NSW, Australia.
David M J S BowmanSchool of Biological Sciences, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia.
Rewi M NewnhamSchool of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences, Victoria University of Wellington, Wellington, New Zealand.
Constance H KatelarisCampbelltown Hospital and the School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Macarthur, NSW, Australia.
Simon G HaberleDepartment of Archaeology and Natural History, College of Asia and the Pacific, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.
Ed NewbiginSchool of BioSciences, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia.
Janet M DaviesSchool of Medicine, Translational Research Institute, The University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia.

Funding

Intramural CDC HHS CC999999
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although grass pollen is widely regarded as the major outdoor aeroallergen source in Australia and New Zealand (NZ), no assemblage of airborne pollen data for the region has been previously compiled. Grass pollen count data collected at 14 urban sites in Australia and NZ over periods ranging from 1 to 17 years were acquired, assembled and compared, revealing considerable spatiotemporal variability. Although direct comparison between these data is problematic due to methodological differences between monitoring sites, the following patterns are apparent. Grass pollen seasons tended to have more than one peak from tropics to latitudes of 37°S and single peaks at sites south of this latitude. A longer grass pollen season was therefore found at sites below 37°S, driven by later seasonal end dates for grass growth and flowering. Daily pollen counts increased with latitude; subtropical regions had seasons of both high intensity and long duration. At higher latitude sites, the single springtime grass pollen peak is potentially due to a cooler growing season and a predominance of pollen from C

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AerobiologyAustraliaGrass pollenLatitudeNew ZealandPlant distribution

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PMID27069303
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